Expedia says two executives fired for ‘violation of company policy’

Expedia says Rathi Murthy and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, CTO and SVP of Core Services Product and Engineering, respectively, are no longer employed by the travel booking company.

In a statement shared with Bloomberg and elsewhere, Expedia said Murthy and Rachamadugu are “no longer employed by Expedia Group” due to an unspecified “violation of company policy.”

“We are actively seeking to fill these positions and remain confident in our technology, strategy and people,” the company said. “For reasons of confidentiality, we will not make any further comment on this matter.”

TechCrunch has reached out to Expedia for confirmation and additional comment. We will update this post if we receive a response.

The departures of Murthy and Rachamadugu seem unexpected. Murthy spoke to TechCrunch about the new AI-powered features announced earlier this week, and she reportedly gave a presentation on those features at an Expedia conference with business partners.

They both joined Expedia in 2021, coming from Verizon Media, then the parent company of TechCrunch (now Yahoo).

This isn’t the only recent change in leadership at the company. Ariane Gorin, announced as Expedia Group’s new CEO in February, officially took office this week.